hiatus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 4 Latin 4.1 Verb form 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin hiatus, the past participle of hiare (“‘to stand open, yawn’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪˈeɪtəs/, SAMPA: /haI"eIt@s/
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  Rhymes: -eɪtəs

[edit] Noun

hiatus (plural hiatus or hiatuses)

1. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
2. (linguistics)
   1. A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
   2. The condition of having such a break.

      Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.

3. A gap in geological strata.
4. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.

   Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

5. An interruption, break or pause.
6. A vacation, break from work.

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• break (1)

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

hiatus

1. (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
2. (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).

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• (opening in an organ): aukko, avanne

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin hiatus, from hiare (“‘to stand open’”).

[edit] Noun

hiatus m. (plural hiatus)

1. A hiatus, gap
2. A hiatus, in the linguistic sense

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• (gap) lacune

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[edit] Verb form

hiatus

The past participle of hiare

[edit] Noun

hiatus (genitive hiatus) m.

1. A hiatus, opening, gap

[edit] Synonyms

• hiantia